QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE USA

• Who was the first president elected as a member of the Republican Party?
  - Abraham Lincoln / comments /
  
  
• Name the longest serving U.S. president.
  - Franklin D. Roosevelt / comments /
  
  
• In which city did the First Continental Congress meet in 1774?
  - Philadelphia (PA)
  
  
• What was the name of the of the town which became New York City?
  - New Amsterdam
  
  
• In which city and state is the Liberty Bell located?
  - Philadelphia; Pennsylvania
  
  
• Give the names of the three ships on which Christopher Columbus made his first voyage to America.
  - Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria / comments /
  
  
• Who were the "Blues" and who were the "Greys" during the American War between the States?
  - Blues were the North (Union); Greys were the South (Confederacy)
  
  
• Which American President was the first to live in the White House?
  - John Adams / comments /